Urawa Red Diamonds 0-3 Man City: Bernardo & Kovacic send City into CWC final

Game is over and the final score is Urawa Red Diamonds 0-3 Man City. Here is the match report.

Match Report

Manchester City outclassed Urawa Red Diamonds in a 3-0 victory in the King Abdullah Sports City stadium on Tuesday to set up a Club World Cup final showdown against Brazilian side Fluminense.

Without Erling Haaland, the Champions League winners needed an own goal to launch their campaign in Saudi Arabia but second-half strikes from Mateo Kovavic and Bernardo Silva saw them stroll to victory.

European champions City were frustrated by a well-organised Japanese side during the opening half but took the lead with an own goal by Marius Hoibraten in stoppage time.

Mateo Kovacic made it 2-0 in the 52nd minute and Bernardo Silva's deflected shot a few minutes later meant City could play the rest of the game in cruise control.

Pep Guardiola's City, who had won only three of their previous eight games in all competitions, are looking to become the fourth English club to win the title after Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea.

They will start as heavy favourites in Friday's final against Copa Libertadores champions Fluminense, who on Monday beat Egypt's Al-Ahly 2-0.

What's next?

Man City will play Brazil's Fluminense in Friday's Club World Cup final at 6pm (GMT). Pep Guardiola's side return to Premier League action at Everton on December 27; kick-off 8.15pm.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

15' CLOSE! Bernardo’s shot wide out

24' Yellow Card! Akanji booked

28' Rodri’s shot wide out

31' CLOSE! Nunes’s shot saved by Goalkeeper!

37' Foden nearly scores for City!

46' OWN GOAL! Urawa Red Diamonds 0-1 Man City (Marius Høibråten)

52' GOAL! Urawa Red Diamonds 0-2 Man City (Kovacic)

58' CHANCE! Nunes header over the bar

59' GOAL! Urawa Red Diamonds 0-3 Man City (Bernardo)

64' Unbelievable! What a miss from Grealish!

79' CLOSE! Alvarez’s shot saved by Goalkeeper!

88' Kalvin’s shot wide out

Line-ups

Urawa Red Diamonds XI: Alexander Scholz, Shusaku Nishikawa, Ken Iwao, Marius Høibråten, José Kanté, Takahiro Sekine, Yoshio Koizumi, Tomoaki Okubo, Takahiro Akimoto, Atsuki Ito, Kaito Yasui

Subs: Bryan Linssen, Sakai, Shinzo Koroki, Alex Schalk, Ayumi Niekawa, Takuya Iwanami, Shoya Nakajima, Ekanit Panya, Takuya Ogiwara, Kai Shibato, Shun Yoshida, Ayumu Ohata

Man City XI: Walker, Kovacic, Ake, Stones, Ederson, Grealish, Bernardo, Akanji, Rodri, Foden, Matheus Nunes

Subs: Carson, Stefan Ortega, Ruben Dias, Kalvin Phillips, Sergio Gómez, Julián Álvarez, Josko Gvardiol, Oscar Bobb, Rico Lewis, Micah Hamilton, Mahamadou Susoho, Max Alleyne